Cue-tip and fastening means therefor.



J. M. ROBINETTE.

GUE TIP AND FASTENING MEANS THEREPOR.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.17, 1913. 1,1 1 1,497, Patented sepa. 22, 1914.

@vih/eamo y l l I attorney i a citizen of tlieUnitedStates, residing `at' Tips and-Fastening Means Therefor; andl I i .'.TAivins M. noBiNE'rTE, or wriirramsoitwiisr vinsiNIii.,

To all who/m, t may conc-cra.' i

Be it known that I, JAMES M. Ioninii'r'rn,

lVilliamson, in the county of Mingo and State of West Virginia, have invented cer- `tain'new and useful Improvements in Culedo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as willenable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use,` the same. p

`This vinvention comprehends improvementsin cue tips and fasteningfineans therefor',j and has fori'tsprimary Vobject to pro- `vide a tip which may be quickly attached to and detached from a billiard cue.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a tip having a plurality of arms adapted to seat vwithin recesses formed inl the end of the cue,randy a sleevedetachably connected to the end of the cue for holding the arms within'said recesses, whereby thetip is rigidly secured in position.`

The invention also aims to provide a cue tip and.A fastening Umeans therefor which shall be of extremely lsimple construction,

` cheap to manufacture'and very practical."

l Vith these and other objects inview as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts as willV y ings, in which-` be `hereinafter more fully describedand claimed. i

For a complete-understanding of my in- "vention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying draw- Figure l is a side elevation, showing the end of a billiard, cue and my improved tip i and fastening {means thereforsecured ther on tip, positioned on thegend of the cue,'the

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, shoWingthe attaching sleeve being' omitted,Fig. y3 is a longitudinal sectional` `view takenv on the plane of line 3 3 of' Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the cue, and Figi 5 is a perspective view of thetip.

yReferring in detail to the recesses 7 formed .-in the periphery thereof and opening upon the end of the cue; These Alipiieationaied (maier17,1313.'` seiiai noi. 795,740.`

`drawings by numeralsy` designates a portion of thebilliard cue having al pluralityof dove-tail` i f "f cnn-.Tir AND FAsTENIiSIGiviEANs"rnnnnron. y

specification efLetters Patent. l. Patented 1914,

recesses extend longitudinally of the cue and are preferably spaced equal distances from each other.

8 designates as an entirety the tip which includes a body portion formed of circular dislrs 9 and 10 and ayplurality of arms 'll y OFFICE. c W

integral with the disk 10. Thesearms are f jacent the perimeter thereof and-increase in widthv as they approach their free ends. `The arms are received in the dove-tail recesses 7 and are locked therein-by means of "a frusto-conical sleeve 12. This sleeve is formed adjacent its inner edge with a bayonet slot 13, the walls of which loclringly engage a pin 14. The-tip ispreferably l'formed of leather and if'desired, the body portion thereof-may` be made of a single `piece of, materialinstead-of two layers, as

shown in the drawings.

lVhen a tipbecomesworn itmay be easily removed by disconnecting the sleeve from the cue and drawing the arms 11 from" thel va tip having a plurality of arms adapted to fit withinsaid recesses, and means for lockingI the arms within the recesses.

jfornied onthe inner sidefjof the disk ad- ,2. The lcombination `with a billiard cue i having dove-tail recesses formed in the periphery thereof,and opening upon one end of the cue, of a tip including a circular body, and a Vplurality of arms formed integrally therewith and adapted to t Within said recesses, of a sleeve secured to the cue and surrounding the arms to hold them within the recesses.`

v3. The combination with la billiard cue` plurality of arms formed integralywith said body upon the inner side thereof adjacent `having dove-tail recesses formed in the pejriphery and opening upon one end thereof, [of a tip including a circular body and a Q, l 1,111,497 l e* l j the perpheljy of the body, said arms n Intestlrnonyv whereof I .affix `my signacreasng in Width as they'aypproach'iitheir ture in -presenoerlofftwo Witnesses.; free extremities and being adapted to "t Within the recesses, arsleewje mounted on the y ROBINETTE -cue Aand holding the arms 'Wthnfthe1e- `Vtnesseszf 'f cesses, and means for detachablyl securing `.HUBEMQUESINBERRY,

the sleeve to the cue. ANDY T. l"CILAJPIN Copies of this-patent maybeobtained forKve cents each, ty `mldressin'g the Commissioner of Iatents,

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